Health & Beauty: Hair Tips

Grow Your Own Bundles

by, Destanie Jefferson-Lee

Photo: Google Images

You can grow your hair as long as you like. But, it's going to take some work.

Maintaining your hair is a lot of work, that is a fact! Whether your natural or not. Did the big chop or transitioning. Knowing your hair, listening to your hair, protecting your hair and being extremely patient are major keys in growth and strength.

Knowing Your Hair

A big factor in knowing your hair, is know your hair porosity.

“Hair porosity simply refers to your hair's ability to absorb and retain moisture, and here are three ways to determine where yours falls on the porosity spectrum: low, normal or high.” This is very important to know to get the right products needed for your hair.



Low porosity- doesn’t allow moisture in or out.

Normal- hair allows moisture in and holds for a good amount of time.

High porosity- allows moisture to absorb easily but also lost. A lot of products are needed to to lock in moisture.

Knowing your hair type is also important. What works for 3b hair will not, or may not work 4b/4c hair. Products you use, may not help with your curls. 

Protect Your Hair

Having protective styles are important to hair growth. Yes, leaving your hair out to breathe is also just as important. But sometimes, you need that break from doing your natural hair. It’s like having a hair vacation. 

Braids, weave, wigs, are great factors for giving your hair some time off and yourself a break. This can lead to some growth in your hair with the proper care. However, too much of a good thing isn’t a good thing. Do not get protective styles after protective styles for a long period of time. You hair needs some air, after being braided up for some time. Constantly having your hair in a protective style can sometimes lead to more breakage than growth.

Listen To Your Hair

No your hair cannot talk, however, but it can show you signs that it likes and does not like a product you're using. My advice is not not listen to everyone you watch on youtube or see on instagram because everyone's hair is different. Their hair may love castor oil but your may not. You can have test products to see if your hair responds nicely to it. You will know if your hair doesn’t like a product.

Care and Love Your Hair

It may take some time to getting used to whether you did the big chop or transitioning. Don’t compare your hair to the next person. Have a wash day. Beginning, middle or end of the week. Treat your hair like you treat your body.

Be Patient With Your Hair

If you constantly waiting to see growth, you won’t see it. Don’t rush the process because you can’t be patient. Biotin, like the Mane Choice, Hair Infinity, Gummy Bear Hair, is okay to take. But the secret with biotin is that your hair cells is constantly dividing, all biotin does is help stop the breaking which can look like it’s helping your hair grow.

My Hair Testimony:

August 2, 2017  vs. February 5, 2018

I did my big chop July 16, 2017 however, cutting it by myself was a bad idea. So I did a bigger chop. I went to a barber shop and cut if off really low August 2, 2017. I felt like a little boy. But I had confidence. I looked up all the tips for my hair, that I am sharing with you guys. I did everything a hair guru did. 

As my hair grew slowly forming into 4B curls, my hair started talking to me. Oil would sit on top of my hair, that’s when I realized I had high porosity hair. Finally knowing and understanding that was a huge accomplishment for my hair growth. I found out my hair has to be wet to take in oil and i need a moisturizing cream for it to be soft. My hair showed me it she didn’t like coconut oil. Like at all. It took some time for me to know all the information I know about my hair. Yes I watch Youtube still to learn hacks and more about my specific type of hair and yes I still try to do the things they do. There is nothing wrong with that, but I don’t force anything upon my hair. If I don't have a great outcome with a remedy I learned from a hair guru, I won't try it again. 

I’m still learning about my hair. It’s 6 months and 2 weeks since my “bigger chop” and I love my hair. I even named her noodles. I do wear wigs but I let my hair breath for 2-3 days before I put a wig on again. Even with me wearing a wig, I still do my wash day once a week. It is about loving your hair, being kind to him or her and waiting. Because believe it or not you too can grow bundles from your own scalp. Just not over night though!